Bihou Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Bihou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Bihou (241) may also be a first name.
Bihou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bihou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bihou is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bihou.
How Common Is The Last Name Bihou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Bihou live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bihou is also the 575,894th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 241 people.
It is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 1,835,210. In Burkina Faso it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 60 percent are found, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 20 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 20 percent are found. Not including Burkina Faso this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Benin, where 7 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bihou
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